mercerised

1. 1.

   of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye

   “mercerized cotton”

   Synonymsmercerized

Questions about mercerised

What does mercerised mean?

mercerised means "of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye".

How many syllables are in mercerised?

mercerised has 3 syllables: mer-ceri-sed. The stress falls on "mer".

What is another word for mercerised?

Close synonyms include mercerized. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mercerised a common word?

mercerised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.